From Middle English tin, from Old English tin, from Proto-West Germanic *tin, from Proto-Germanic *tiną.

• enPR: tĭn, IPA: /tɪn/, [tʰɪn]

tin

1. (uncountable) A malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant to corrosion, with atomic number 50 and symbol Sn.
2. (NZ, AU, South African, Irish, British, countable) An airtight container, made of tin or another metal, used to preserve food, or hold a liquid or some other product.

   a tin of baked beans; a tobacco tin; a tin of shoe polish

   Several tins of paint were needed to paint the house.

   empty tins, cans, and plastic containers are recycled in the blue bins.

3. (countable) A metal pan used for baking, roasting, storing food, etc.

   muffin tin

   roasting tin

   baking tin

4. (countable, squash) The bottom part of the front wall, which is "out" if a player strikes it with the ball.
5. (slang, dated, uncountable) money, especially silver money.
   • 1844, Benjamin Disraeli, Coningsby:

     The father is a cotton lord, and they all have loads of tin, you know

   • 1861, Philip William Perfitt, The Pathfinder, page 377:

     When all your tin is gone and spent, / And you've not a mag for bread or rent

6. (slang, uncountable) computer hardware.

• (airtight container) can#Etymology 2 (especially US), tin can

• French: étain
• German: Zinn
• Italian: stagno
• Portuguese: estanho
• Russian: о́лово
• Spanish: estaño

• French: conserve, boîte de conserve
• German: Büchse, Konservenbüchse, Blechbüchse, Dose, Konservendose
• Italian: lattina, barattolo
• Portuguese: lata
• Russian: жестя́нка
• Spanish: lata

• French: moule, gamelle
• German: Backform (for baking), Kastenform (for cakes), Kuchenform (for cakes)
• Italian: gamella
• Portuguese: lata, forma, tarteira
• Russian: жесть

tin (not comparable)

1. Made of tin.
2. Made of galvanised iron or built of corrugated iron.

• tinnen (obsolete)

• French: étain, en étain
• German: Zinn, zinnen (rare)
• Italian: stagno
• Portuguese: de lata, de estanho
• Russian: оловя́нный

• Russian: жестяной

tin (tins, present participle tinning; simple past and past participle tinned)

1. (transitive) To place into a metal can (ie. a tin; be it tin, steel, aluminum) in order to preserve.
2. (transitive) To cover with tin.
3. (transitive) To coat with solder
   1. To coat with solder, in preparation for soldering, to ensure a good solder joint
   2. To coat with solder, in order to consolidate braided wire, so as to make contact with all strands and reduce fragility of the fraying wire

• French: mettre en conserve, conserver
• German: eindosen, einmachen
• Portuguese: enlatar
• Russian: консерви́ровать
• Spanish: enlatar

• French: étamer
• German: verzinnen
• Portuguese: estanhar
• Russian: луди́ть
• Spanish: estañar

• French: étamer
• German: vorverzinnen
• Spanish: estañar

tin (plural tins)

1. (US, Philippines, finance) Initialism of taxpayer identification number